Amusement device.



R. A. BISBEE.

' AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION rum PBILZB. 1913.

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R. A. BISBEE.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 2'7, 1914.

Application filed February 28, 1913. Serial No. 751,808.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Bonner A. BISBEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Central Park, Long Island, in the county of Nassau and State of New York, have invented new and useful Im rovements in Amusement Devices, of whi the followingris a specification.

he general object of the invention is to admit of obtaining the effect had in aerial travel without exposing the traveler to any of the dangers which ordinarily accompany navigating the air in lighter and heavier than air machines. And to this end the invention resides in apparatus adapted for holding an airship, such as an aeroplane, captive but permitting such ship to rise from the ground and fly for variable distances, depending on the speed of the ship, from the oint to which the ship is anchored.

Ot er objects will appear and be better understood from that embodiment of my invention of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section of one embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail plan of the tower. Fig. 3 is a detail side elevation of the airship.

The tower herein indicated generally by a, may be of any improved or desired construction and formed of any material found suitable for the purpose. A circumferential track 5 near the upper end of the tower and a circular track (3 on the top of the tower, respectively form the bearings and guideways for the boom b, which boom, it will be observed by reference to Figs. 1 and 2, includes the turn table 7 provided with sheaves 8 adapted for rolling on the track 6. and a base piece 9 which carries sheaves 10 disposed to rotate in a plane at right angles to the sheaves 8 and adapted and arranged for rolling on the track 5.

The airship indicated generally by a, may be of any organization found suitable for the purposes of this invention, and in the embodiment shown said airship consists of a body 11 suitably adapted for seating 11. number of passengers, a motor 12 with a suitable connection to a propeller 13 at one end of the body, a suitable rudder 14: adjustably mounted on the other end of the body, a truck 15, planes 16-16 and suitable operating mechanism for controlling the operation of the motor and the action of.

the rudder, a portion of which is herein shown and indicated by 17.

A. connection in the form of a cable 18 is established between the clews 19 which are connected to the body-11, and a weight 20, which weight is located in the tower a and arranged for sliding on guides 21-21, the cable 18 passing from the clews 19 over a sheave 22 at the outer end of the boom then over a sheave 23 at the center of the platform from whence it is directed downwardly through the platform and into the tower, through a spring bufi'er 24 to a swivel 25 suitably connected to the weight 20.

A spring buffer 26 forms a base support for the weight 20 and operates to prevent objectionable shock to the car and its contents in the event of such car being sud.- denlv stopped when nearing the completion of its flight, while the spring buffer 24 opcrates to prevent the effective jar on the car in the event of the same suddenly approaching the farthest point in its allowed flight.

In bringing the device into operation and with the parts positioned as shown in Fig. 1, the motor is started, whereby to turn the propeller 13. Now owing to its connection with the weight 20, the mass of which, it may be stated in passing, is greater than that of the airship r, and the rotatability of the boom 7) the airship will describe a circular course, the wheels "of the trucks 15 running upon the ground. Now as the ve locity of the ship increases and with the rudder 14 properly adjusted the ship. owing to the presence of the planes 16 and by centrifugal force, will gradually rise from the ground and at the same time move outwardly. Now upon its entering the air and further increasing its velocity by suitably manipulating the motor the ship will gradually move outwardly and mount a shade higher into the air and such altitude as it now attains will be constant or substantially so, until by a reduction of speed the ship is again positioned to touch the ground, and this regardless of any increase in velocity on the part of the machine during its flight. This efiect of maintaining the altitude of the ship constant, it will be observed, resides in the provision of the weight 20, which weight is gradually lifted as the speed of the machine is gradually increased beyond a determined degree, thus compensating for the increase of speed on the part of the ship by inereasingthe normal length of the cable between the sheave 22 and the clews 19. When the pull exerted by the ship on the Weight affects the lifting of the latter to the spring bufi'er 24 or to any desired point between the buffers 24 and 26. the motor may be stopped, whereupon the gradual *descent and stoppage of the ship will be had or such return to its original position may be prolonged by gradually reducing the speed of the motor.

What is claimed as new is:

1. Anamusement apparatus comprising a tower, a Weight centrally located in the tower and guided for vertical movement therein, a boom mounted for turning movement about the vertical axis of the tower, pulleys carried by the boom and located one at the outer portion of the boom and another at the central vertical axis of the tower, a cable trained over said pulleys and connected at one end with the weight, and

a self propelled body connected with the other end of the cable.

2. An amusement apparatus comprising a tower, a weight centrally located in the tower and guided for vertical movement therein, bufiers located beyond the opposite ends of the weight and in the path of movement thereof, a boom mounted for turning movement about the vertical axis of the tower, pulleys carried by the boom and lo cated one at the outer portion of the boom and another at the vertical center of the tower, a cable trained over said pulleys and connected at one end with the weight and a self propelled body connected with the other end of the cable.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.-

ROBERT A. BISBEE.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. DOUGLAS, GEO. H. lBYRNE. 

